[Yt-dev] Proposed change of default colormap

[Britton Smith]

I support this move as well as changing the name.  Something short and
punchy.

Britton

2010/2/26 Matthew Turk <matthewturk at gmail.com>

> Hi all,
>
> I'd like to propose we change from "jet" as our default colormap to
> "bds_highcontrast".
>
> I've attached sample images of the same simulation -- I think
> bds_highcontrast (designed by our very own Britton, nearly two years
> ago now) is better looking and is easier to discern differences in.
> I've provided a patch that should make this change here:
>
> http://paste.enzotools.org/show/344/
>
> It applies to trunk.  If this goes through, we'll also make our plots
> slightly better distinguished, too, because this is a homegrown
> colormap.  (We also have the "kamae" colormap, created by Tune Kamae,
> that isn't in matplotlib and that I think is criminally underused
> overall.)
>
> Also, maybe it should be aliased as something in addition to
> "bds_highcontrast"?  Another name?
>
> -Matt
>
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